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  1. Can we reinstate the seperate forum for bushers and Morton . Without the internet I wouldn't have travelled no where near as much as I have through lads on here and other forums .Wouldn't have placed as many pups ,wouldn't have seen those pups grow into workers .Met some less than desirables mind but the good side far outweighed the bad points .Getting stuck in a bubble thinking your own terriers are world beaters is what does your breeding no good .Different lads different standards, different ground ,a change of soil is what all makes for terriers to be proud of .As said the internet h
    9 points
  2. Exactly what I said the other day. Get in a s a p to dispatch it yourself. Shouldn't be there to see how long it takes, or if indeed your dog can kill it. People that put up vids like that are complete bellends
    9 points
  3. Well the dog game is never easy and that's the second dog in as many weeks that I've had to put to sleep. Tilly ruptured her Achilles tendon over 18 months ago and I've spent a lot of money and time trying to get her back to full fitness but today I had to admit defeat and let her go. She is up there with if not the best dog I've owned. Fiercely loyal easy going and caught masses of amounts of all type of game. she was 110% on everything she did and although I knew by her do or die style that she wouldn't make old bones I didn't think she would go in her prime. RIP Tilly.
    7 points
  4. A couple of some stomping ground threw the winter
    6 points
  5. This could be a real interesting topic if you lads with a good knowledge on the subject could discuss it without the bitching. Could be a real help to a lot of lads...
    5 points
  6. Yanks, everything is bigger! Bet plod shot the black one, (doing nothing) old habbits die hard!
    5 points
  7. And I,m normally gone through a hole in the hedge and halfway down the field before they get out from the car?
    5 points
  8. Been brought down in the past myself aswell, by this current bitch I'm running. Cut across a park on way home got the bike into a high gear head down and full belt.... She flew past me but shot right clipping front wheel, went down like a sack of shite... Lol
    5 points
  9. ? Not so sure about that doctrine with a mouching dog,... I like my dogs around me, I enjoy lavishing attention on them... For me, its part and parcel of having a canine pal... Of course, when out on the hunt,..shit can happen,..and then,..its time to harden your heart... This bond can help us both assess the situation,...it can definitely save the day (and the night),...so I strive to become good pals with a dog. If I wanted a jukel kept in the manner of a racing dog, I would keep a racer,..but I don't...so its plenty of fuss, hugs, and strokes from me...
    5 points
  10. I think any dogman worth his salt, would be keen to learn from men who have an expertise that they lack,.it would be wastefully foolish not to benefit, from the wisdom of others. However, as a fellow of limited intellect and scant formal schooling,... I do think that it is woefully foolish, to compare the training, schooling, and phycology of the specialist attack dogs and highly trained protection dogs, to the mindset of a Gazehound based hybrid... I suppose prey drive is similar, no matter what the intended quarry, but I have found that my soft-hearted but consistent approach to s
    4 points
  11. Big Ron was right with first comment made ,enough said
    4 points
  12. 4 points
  13. I’m a great believer in road work, I run with mine getting them off road for part of the time so they can get a bit of pace change and interest. The road part is good for building basic cardio vascular fitness with minimal risk of injury; it has its role as part of a rehab programme to build fitness or to help maintain baseline fitness in the summer. The exercise without injury is the key to its benefit and if used sensibly it’s good for keeping pads hard and nails short.
    4 points
  14. Anyone feels the need to film a dog on a wild animal not been out much or in the game 5 mins...... Clips like that are nails in the coffin ?
    4 points
  15. I do a lot of Bikejoring with mine as well as trail Mtb’ing with the Dogs free running.
    3 points
  16. what scot said...... my mrs said yanny....shes 13 year younger....and i now think slightly retarted...
    3 points
  17. I grew up hunting through the 70s,80s,90s,im still hunting but my way,the lads I dug with,kept good terriers and running dogs,and bred from the workers,gifted pups to those close so the blood lines were there if needed,as young lads we all had someone to look to if we needed help as such,I don’t dig any more,but I don’t condone those that do,good luck I say,I’m afraid my patience has gone,I can’t sit and listen to bullshitters,and we’ve always had one somewhere,I’m not impressed by someone showing up with a dog smashed up,I’m not looking at the past through rose tinted glasses,I am honoured an
    3 points
  18. You lucky fella...
    3 points
  19. I rig it up like this:- This leaves your hands free to steer and if the dogs spot game of any kind (and this has happened more than once!) they are pulling from lower doen your body than your arm/shoulder, so your a lot less likely to go over. I still choose quiet roads and quiet times of day. Early morning is good at this time of year and i'd dip them in the river before starting and also in any water along the route. I like to give mine 4 or 5 miles every second day with relaxing riverside walks on days when they're not biking. Biking too much, especially at speeds faster than trot
    3 points
  20. Always a good way to get a few miles into a dog with a bike I find. You can go twice as far in half the time compared to walking. I usually go along a canal towpath so dog is off the lead and can go at its own pace. Handy when they stop for a pee, keep on going so they get the odd sprint mixed in to catch you up ?
    3 points
  21. Forgot the tyre biting
    3 points
  22. You would die of shame. All you need to do is grab one and club the other wee c**ts to death with it
    3 points
  23. I perfectly see the point in trotting a dog by the side of a bike it’s controlled fitness for fat out of condition dogs to bring them in to some form of condition to be ready for sprinting,sprinting,sprinting ?? I personally wouldn’t want to try sprinting a fat out of shape dog that’s been chilling out most of the summer
    3 points
  24. apart from the crow the most ruthless bird i take them out when ever i get a chance
    3 points
  25. Hi John, I live close to Jimmy , he has had top collies for years, I know his sons well enough to , I know what type of dog you are on about as i hunted them hills since a child . So I understand where you are coming from having had that type of curr dog in the past, fair play as they was once a plenty around these parts , most folk had them but not anymore , the best dogs I saw where bred as you have described, Evan though I don’t keep the cross talked about I am a admirer, all the best .
    3 points
  26. You have hit the nail on the head there fellah ... My dogs are just like me,...wee fat feckers, that love their grub and live for the hunt,....certainly wary of strangers, and yes, most definitely needy, especially when it comes to carefully choosing our hunting companions...
    3 points
  27. At the back end of last season I managed to get out on the hills in various locations. I mainly lamp, bush and try to fit in the odd bit of ferreting. I enjoy all types of work but have really taken to getting out on the hills. I see a lot less up there but really like seeing the dogs hunting and letting them range. The dogs have taken to it fairly well, especially my lurcher. He’s saluki collie grew. My busher enjoys it but won’t range too far. He’s young so will hopefully pick it up. Im probably looking at bringing on another lurcher pup next year so want to start doing my homework.
    2 points
  28. The Magpie is one of a few animals that can recognise themselves in the mirror, well we must have an uneducated one in our garden. We've got a chrome based BBQ in the garden and this morning the Mrs was woken up by a strange noise in the garden. It was a Magpie giving the BBQ what for. I'm assuming it's attacking it's own image in the mirror, this particular bird can't have listened at school.
    2 points
  29. Not a bad couple of hours out tonight with Stavross on my new permission. That’s until the old bill turn up and spooked our rabbits!!! ?. Had a funny feeling they were going to turn up as it’s our first night at the stables. At least they have good neighbors that keep an eye out for the place. Still managed to bag a few so we were happy. Long may it prosper. Hopefully without police interference?
    2 points
  30. Stamina building and i always thought they enjoyed it.
    2 points
  31. Russell bitch, will be ready for the start of the season, hopefully she'll do the business?
    2 points
  32. It’s mental you got straw in a cage in your house ?.
    2 points
  33. I used to run a 24" Beddy/Grey out on these same hills with the Deerhound cross for years and they left him for dead. It's got nothing to do with heart how a dog covers rough ground it's the dogs breeding/genetics that enable it to run ,heart only comes into it once the dog needs to come to terms with whatever it is running . Big dogs for big jobs certainly was the case what we were running .
    2 points
  34. The stamina on these dogs were as good as anything I've seen run out on the proper hill amongst the crag/heather and what we were running the bigger dogs were more suited. The Deerhound/Deerhound cross gait seems to let them run almost effortlessly over rough ground,il be first to admit fast dogs on the flat can make a Deerhound/Deerhound cross look slow and even clumsy but get them out on the environment they are meant for and you will see a different animal and that's when they come into there own. I have never run hound cross on this type of terrain so that's why I never mentioned them but
    2 points
  35. Put the stock back together lads had to put the big old screws back in as my son needs it in the next few days in his words its the rifle iv jell,d with dad i need it i told him to take the hw100 but in his words FECK THAT IF OUT WAS TO HAPPEN TO IT ID HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY may be there is some truth in that lol iv not even looked over the action yet im off to work soon so will look over it some time to day stock now looks like a walnut stock and she is stunning she may need another coat of tung oil on her before i put the rifle back together atvbjim
    2 points
  36. No other breed covers rough ground as good as a Deerhound or Deerhound cross . Ive seen a few good Collie cross out on hill over the years but best ive seen always had a bit Deerhound in the make up .
    2 points
  37. I have but I don’t own either so I won’t be putting up pics
    2 points
  38. I will agree to disagree with you Bill just enjoy your dogs all the best. Regards Collie John
    2 points
  39. Drp now it may sound a bit strange but if you can get into the mindset of a dog that you want to do a certain task its best to have a crack at at it usen Our Robert used to run against the top hare dog's in the country when he was younger and dint smoke so many roll ups like he won a few too before he got banned for setting about a dispatcher true story
    2 points
  40. Never been a fan of watching 2 dog's on anything edible if I'm honest....... Shit ends up only good for ferret and dog food........ If you need 2 dogs then they must be shit imo. ?
    2 points
  41. What a load of nonsense there have been countless experiments that prove that pups have no social awareness when born and that we and the dogs parents are key in socialising a pup especially through the neo natal stage of its brain growth ... tell you what spend just an hour a day with a pup as it grows and pen it up for 23 hours a day and see what sort of un siocolised lunatic uncontrollable dog you have when it's 18 months old .......
    2 points
  42. Young bitch bred from my beddy/bull bitch to a Welsh hound x. She's strong as an ox. Sire red dog dam brindle. Dog pup from litter belongs to a lad on here?good nose, feet likes to get stuck in? Bitch at 12 months old, run all day long
    2 points
  43. The truth of it is most behavioural issues are created by us , every pup is an open book to manipulate as we want , too much attention is every bit as bad as too little it’s been proven that an hour a day just in its company is plenty on its own a pup over stimulated in the home becomes a needy whinny nipping problem as it grows which we then have to confront causing a mayor problem trust wise , the bottom line is, every pup is born Social , you don’t need to spent hours kissing and cuddling the pup because you will be making a cross for your own back every anti
    2 points
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